Man pack carrier



J. E. McNARY. MAN PACK CARRIER. APPLICATION man 001.24, 1919.

Patented Feb. 21,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- 1. E. MCNARY. MAN PACK CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED OCT, 24, 1919.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

2 SHEETS-FSHEET 2.

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. JAMES a amant or cHIoAeo L inors MAN rack CARRIER. Y

specification 6% t e Patent Patented Feb.i21, 1922.

Application filed October 24,1919. Serial No. 333,085.

. rrssnnmma THE ACT or minor: '3, 1883,22 STAT. n, 625.

1 all. 1072022?) it'n'zctyconcernz Be it known that I, JAMnsE. BLIONARY, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ch cago, county of Cook, 7 State of Ill1no1s,

have invented anllmprovei'nent in Man Pack Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

-The invention described .herein may be used by the Government, or any'of. its elitcers or employees in prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in.

the load to be carried with the greatest ease possible.

It is also a further and general ob1ect of the invention to generally improve the con struction and enhance the utility of devices of this character.

\Vith the above objects in view, the invention will now be more fully described.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pack carrier looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3; v

Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section taken on line A1-l, Fig 1; A 7

Fig. 3 a sectional viewtaken on line B B, Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the curved portion (at the right in Fig. is adapted to engage the body of the wearer and is broadly termed the bod portion. The portion opposite (at the left in Fig. 3) is adapted to support a pack or case and is termed the pack portion.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the body of the pack carrier is represented by reference character 1. The mainelement 2 thereof is rigid and preferably of wood or other suitable material.v -Anglebars 3 and 4 are riveted to the lower end thereof, the former serving as a body brace,

and the latter being the support for the case or pack to be carried. At its upper end, the body 1, is reinforced by a steel plate 5 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The surface of the body adj acentithe wearer is preferably coveredwith olive drab'cotton 'diickasat 6,while side supports 7 maybe provided onthe otherside ofthe body. The extreme upper portion'S. ofthe body" mem her is preferably of leather sewed together and riveted tofthemain-eleinent 2, as shown at 9. The shoulder straps or suspenders 10 are preferablyof'heavy cotton-webbine'and tare sewed between the leather as at 11.

Each shoulder strap 10 is provided with a pack suspender 16 and front belt suspender 17, each having a snap hook 18*and tongueless bar buckle 19 'mounted thereon.

The Suspender 16 is an extension of; strap 10, the same being reinforced at 20, and the suspender 17 is angular to strap 10 and stitched thereto as'at 21. -The length of such suspenders maybe adjusted by means of buckles 19.

Referring to Fig. 1, it Will be seen that the body member is-made wider at its bottom portion, and the ends 12 thereof are leather reinforced, the suspension ring chape 13 carrying a ring 14 being riveted into each of said ends. The innensurface ofthis bottom portion has a loose leather strip 15- sewed to the cover 6 andstufi'ed tightly with salvage material, thereby providing a..cushion to supporttheload against the wearers back.

As seenin Fig. 13,;the supporting plates 4 and 5 are straight and supported at their ends against spacing-blocks 22,. interposed betweensaid plates and the body portion,

long bolts or rivets 23 passing through such three members to secure the same together. The side supports 7 are also securedby such rivets.

the spacing blocks 22, the eyes 25, of such Strap clips 291- are secured against plates extending beyond the sides of such blocks and each adapted toreceive a strap therein. Straps 26 and 27 are secured to such clips and in conjunction with the buckle 28 serve to support the upper portion of the lead. A like supporting means is bar 4 at the base and held in place on the a pack carrier by means of straps 26, 27 and provided at the lower portion of the body ill 29. The pack is supported upon the Wearers back by means of suspenders 10, the

snaps on the pack suspenders 16 being adapted to engage suspension rings 14:, and the snaps of suspenders 17 adapted to engage rings in the Wearers belt. These suspenders may be adjusted to support the load at the most convenient height and thereby cause the force of the load to act through the cushion 15 in any position desired by the wearer, thereby adding much to his coini ort.

From the above description, it appears evident that a compact, convenient and sub stantial pack carrier has been provided by the present invention.

wearer, a pack support secured to said lower er, including a end, a reenforcing plate secured to the upper end of said main element and a flexible nieinber secured to and rising from the upper edge of said main eleinent; suspenderstraps secured to the flexible member and ineans for fastening said straps to secure the carrier in place.

2. A one piece pack carrier, including a body portion characterized by a main element, a brace secured to the lower end thereof and adapted to encircle the aist of the wearer, a pack support secured to said lower end, a reen'forcing plate secured tothe upper end of said main element and a flexible member secured to and rising from the upper edge of said main element; suspender straps secured to the flexible .ineinber, means for fastening said straps to secure the carrier in place and means for securing a pack upon the carrier.

JAMES E. MoNARY. 

